Mumbai: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who launched his five-day campaign in Maharashtra for a strong Lokayukta in the state on Tuesday, hit out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The veteran Gandhian slammed Rahul over his visit to drought-hit regions, and termed it as media publicity. "Rahul Gandhi went for a few hours to tour a drought-affected region, the media hailed him, there was a photo op and that is...
01:56 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: In the latest development in connection with the Adarsh housing society scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday submitted its report to the court. The ED told the court that it was awaiting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report to ascertain if Money Laundering Act applies to charges the accused under it. The point was made by the ED after the court asked it as to "why Prevention...
02:36 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai: The BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling Congress in the state of carrying on a cover-up operation to avoid the arrest of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Housing Society scam. Addressing a press conference, BJP secretary Kirit Somaiya said the state government purposely asked the Adarsh judicial commission to submit an interim report on the issue of ownership of the land where Adarsh building stands, and whether...
03:59 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday rejected the bail applications of all nine accused in the Adarsh housing scam arrested in March and April, officials said. "The special CBI court has rejected the bail applications of all nine accused in the case and they will continue to be in judicial custody," a CBI official said. On Tuesday, the CBI court had extended the judicial custody...
06:26 PM, Apr 21, 2012
The judicial commission, in its report on Tuesday, said there was no evidence that the Adarsh Housing Society was built on defence land. ...
08:08 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: The heat is on three former Maharashtra Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. It remains to be seen whether there will be more high-profile arrests. The CBI arrested senior IAS officer Jairaj Pathak and former State Information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari on Tuesday. They are likely to be questioned on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a special CBI court is likely decide on...
10:40 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four persons in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai. Those arrested are retired defence estates officer RC Thakur, Brigadier (retired) MM Wanchoo, former deputy secretary of the urban development department PV Deshmukh and former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani. Gidwani is already in judicial custody in another case. Earlier in January 2011, the CBI had registered an FIR against 14 people. The...
12:03 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Nandan Nilekani said there the data collected by UIDAI is secure as this system only gives one number per person. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee is likely to meet on Friday to take the final decision on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. The collection of biometric data for the UIDs has also sparked a row - with both the Home Ministry and the UIDAI authorised to collect data. However, Planning...
06:10 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The government is likely to take the final decision on Wednesday on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. "A Cabinet Committee will take a view on the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) proposal for expanding its mandate to enroll the entire population," a source said. The Planning Commission...
08:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: In a breather for former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed proceedings before the Election Commission (EC) into allegations that he understated his election expenses on newspaper advertisements during the 2009 assembly polls. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice S S Nijjar and Justice Jasti Chelameswar stayed the proceedings after senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam mentioned Chavan's petition challenging the proceedings...
05:46 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday put a stay order on the proceedings against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan by the Election commision (EC). The EC was to proceed on a complaint made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Ashok Chavan that he had under valued his election expenses. The apex court also sent notices to the BJP and the EC. The court will hear the matter on...
01:26 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday admitted that probe in the Adarsh housing scam has been delayed. Probe by CBI and the two-man commission appointed by the state government has slowed down, he said. "CBI was supposed to inquire into the ownership of the land. It has been slowed down," he told reporters in Mumbai. The Chief Minister said he would request the Commission, headed by retired High...
02:01 AM, Oct 26, 2011
Mumbai: Income-Tax department has initiated inquiry against 57 members of the Adarsh Housing Society, including relatives of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, regarding their source of funds through which flats were purchased in the scam-tainted building in south Mumbai. Stating that its investigations are complete, Income Tax informed the Bombay High Court that inquiry had been initiated in 57 cases and notices were issued to those persons. "Out of...
12:39 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee will begin examining from Monday the CAG report on the Adarsh housing society scam that had named two former Maharashtra Chief Ministers and top army officials for flouting norms. Officials from the Defence Ministry will brief the PAC, chaired by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, on the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society in Mumbai.the CAG, in its report tabled in Parliament on August 9, had...
05:29 PM, Oct 06, 2011
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